NEWS STORY: Newark Archbishop Tapped to Lead Archdiocese of Washington

c. 2000 Religion News Service WASHINGTON _ Pope John Paul II on Tuesday (Nov. 21) tapped Newark, N.J., Archbishop Theodore E. McCarrick to lead the Archdiocese of Washington, putting the 70-year-old in line to become a member of the elite College of Cardinals and possibly elect the next pope. McCarrick will succeed Cardinal James Hickey, […]